Swindon

Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, England, located 35 miles east of Bristol, 35 miles west of Reading, and 71 miles west of London, in South East England. It was known to the Anglo-Saxons as Suindune, named either for swine who lived on the hill, or for the Norse name Sweyn. Swindon was a small market town until 1848, after which it rapidly grew in size due to the Industrial Revolution; Swindon became known as a railroad town. During World War II, new military industries arrived in Swindon, and the city was rated one of the best places to live in the United Kingdom during the 21st century. By the 2010s, Swindon had 192,599 residents.